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o·blit·er·ate
(ə-blĭt′ə-rāt′, ō-blĭt′-)tr.v. o·blit·er·at·ed, o·blit·er·at·ing, o·blit·er·ates
1. To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace. See Synonyms at annihilate.
2. To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over: "The name [on the door] had been crudely obliterated with thick, heavy strokes of black paint" (F. Paul Wilson).
3. Medicine To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.
[Latin oblitterāre, oblitterāt-, to erase, from ob litterās (scrībere), (to write) over letters (ob, over; see ob- + litterās, accusative pl. of littera, letter) and from oblītus, past participle of oblīvīscī, to forget; see oblivion.]
o·blit′er·a′tion n.
o·blit′er·a′tive (-ə-rā′tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj.
o·blit′er·a′tor n.
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obliteration
A method of completely removing tissue, especially by surgery or radiation.
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| Noun | 1. |  obliteration - destruction by annihilating somethingdestruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists atomisation, atomization - annihilation by reducing something to atoms pulverisation, pulverization - annihilation by pulverizing something vaporization, vaporisation - annihilation by vaporizing something |
| 2. | obliteration - the complete destruction of every trace of something demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
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obliteration
noun
1. destruction, ruin, wiping out, elimination, end, demolition, devastation, rooting out, extermination, annihilation, eradication, ruination, extirpation the obliteration of an entire city
destruction making, building, construction, creation, establishment
destruction making, building, construction, creation, establishment
2. wiping out, elimination, eradication, blotting out, erasure, deletion, effacement, extirpation, expunction the obliteration of the past
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obliteration
noun1. Utter destruction:
2. The act of erasing or the condition of being erased:
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obliteration
[əˌblɪtəˈreɪʃən] N1. (= destruction) → arrasamiento m, destrucción f
2. (= occlusion) → eliminación f
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obliteration
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ob·lit·er·a·tion
n. obliteración, destrucción; oclusión por degeneración o por cirugía.
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